REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS FROM LIBERIA — LOVERIDGE 121 



Midbody scale rows 27; ventrals 197; anal entire; subcaudals 63; 

 labials 8, the fourth and fifth entering the orbit ; preoculars 2 ; post- 

 oculars 2; temporals 1 + 1. 



This house snake so closely resembles the foregoing in color pat- 

 tern and sciuamation that there can be no doubt of their close relation- 

 ship. It constitutes, however, the first recorded occurrence of 

 lineatus in Liberia. 



BOAEDON OLIVACEUS (Dumeril) 



1856. Holurophis olivacetis A. DuM:fiRiL, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 2, vol. 8, p. 466 

 (Gaboon). 



$ (U.S.N.M. No. 109590), Bendaja 

 $ (U.S.N.M. No. 109639), Harbel 



Midbody scale rows 25-27 ; ventrals 208-218 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 39-40, single; labials 8, the fourth and fifth entering the orbit. 

 Larger $ measures 99 (67+32) mm. 



HAPSIDOPHRYS LINEATA Fischer 



1856. Eapsidophrys lineatus Fischee, Abh. Nat. Ver. Hamburg, vol. 3, p. Ill, 

 pi. 2, fig. 5 (Elmine, Gold Coast). 



S (U.S.N.M. No. 109594), Bendaja 



Midbody scale rows 15; ventrals 165; anal entire; subcaudals ? 

 (tail truncate) ; upper labials 8, the fourth and fifth entering the 

 orbit ; preocular 1 ; postoculars 2. 



RHAMNOPHIS AETHIOPISSA AETHIOPISSA Gunther 



1862. Rhamnophis aetMopissa GiJNTHEK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 3, vol. 9, 

 p. 129, pi. 10 (West Africa). 



S (U.S.N.M. No. 109593), Harbel 



Midbody scale rows 16 (for certain); ventrals 165; anal divided; 

 subcaudals 114"" ; upper labials 8, fourth and fifth entering the orbit ; 

 preocular 1; postoculars 2, the lower in contact with three upper 

 labials. Total length 1185+ (805 ^- 380+) mm., tail tip truncate. 



GRAYIA SMYTHII (Leach) 



1818. Coluber Smythii Leach, in Tuckey, Narrative of an expedition to explore 



the river Zaire, App., p. 409 (Embomma, i. e. Boma, Belgian Congo). 

 1854. Coronella trianffularis Haixowell, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. PbiJadelpbia, 

 1854, p. 100 (Liberia). 



9 (U.S.N.M. No. 109582), Bendaja 

 $ (U.S.N.M. No. 109640), Harbel 



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